We hear a lot from Mail houses and the Post Office about CASS Certification. Why we need it, what happens if you don’t have it, and maybe even some ways to have your database CASS certified. What you may not hear so much about is what it actually is. What does this do to your records? I will touch on...

Steven had a great comment on my original blog entry about care of and attention lines on addresses and instead of responding only to him I think it is best to make my answer available to everybody. His question points to something everyone (Canada and US alike) can use for data entry with AddressFinder...

It's that time of the year again for the annual postage rate changes for the Post Office. All the post office changes went into effect on May 11th so make sure you are prepared for your next mailing whenever that may be (if you are a PostalSaver user and have not downloaded the May Patch the June...

Most people can be reached more than one address - that's why you can add multiple addresses to constituent records. To keep from oversaturation, address processing ensures that each constituent only gets each mailing once, and only to the address you specify In most mailings (Quick Letters, Labels...

Hello, I am in the process of doing a magazine mailing to my entire database and have been told to only send on magazine to each address. I'm looking for the quickest, least painful way to make this happen. In some cases there are 4 constituents per household. In the past, I've manually gone...

We are required by the USPS to store a participant code on every record in our database that would be pulled on a mailing list. This is because we will be participating in the electronic address change service. The code will consist of seven alpha characters and will be the same for every record. The...

In an earlier blog post , I discussed how Address Processing works for Individual records. In this follow-up segment, we will look at how Organization and Contact records are processed in Mail. For Organization Address Processing, if you have marked the option Mail Only to the Organization in Step 1...

In a better world , every Individual, Organization, and Contact record would have one all-purpose address. Because the world isn't that perfect, The Raiser's Edge accomodates multiple addresses on each record. When it's time to send a mailing, Address Processing shuffles through those addresses...

I would like to know how RE users are going to handle this new compliance for mailings. Oct. 6, 2008) In an effort to cut the amount of undeliverable mail it processes, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is requiring mailing lists be updated and verified more frequently. Nonprofits that are not...